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Klassik und kalter Krieg
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In 1945, after the war had ended, the world split into East and West in political terms. The frontier between the two blocs cut straight through Germany and quickly became a dividing line between contrasting cuIturaI systems. ln the Soviet occupation zone, major opera houses and concert halIs rose again from the ruins and long-estabIished orchestras and choirs were revived. Once the GDR had been founded, the SociaIist Unity Party took over responsibiIity for cuIturaI affairs and quickIy deveIoped the idea of a nation of cuIture-loving working people in deIiberate contrast to their portrayaI of "Americanized, western capitalists softened by endIess consumption". Together with sport, cIassical music was used to advertise the merits of the GDR. Like all other areas of art it was instrumentalized for ideoIogical purposes, and its protagonists provided they dispIayed the necessary taIent and were not regarded with suspicion by the state security service often enjoyed extraordinary priviIeges. This combination of art and dictatorship created an environment in which music-making of worId quality was abIe to flourish. Through case studies of individuals who Iived under the system, the documentary explores the fates of both the privileged and the non-priviIeged, and deIivers insight into the infIuence of the poIiticaI system on artistic Iife. The film incIudes interviews with contemporary witnesses both from GDR and the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG). |
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